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In filmmaking, ambience (also known as atmosphere, atmos, or background) consists of the sounds of a given location or space. [1] It is the opposite of "silence". Ambience is similar to presence, but is distinguished by the existence of explicit background noise in ambience recordings, as opposed to the perceived "silence" of presence recordings.
Presence is similar to ambience, but is distinguished by a lack of explicit background noise. Every location has a distinct presence created by the position of the microphone in relation to the space boundaries. A microphone placed in two different parts of the same room will record two distinct presences.
The precedence effect or law of the first wavefront is a binaural psychoacoustical effect concerning sound reflection and the perception of echoes.When two versions of the same sound presented are separated by a sufficiently short time delay (below the listener's echo threshold), listeners perceive a single auditory event; its perceived spatial location is dominated by the location of the ...
Ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to environments with electronic devices that are aware of and can recognize the presence of human beings and adapt accordingly. This concept encompasses various technologies in consumer electronics , telecommunications, and computing.
The first time that the ghost makes its presence known—that all-important moment when the audience decides whether it’s going to buy the whole bit—the effects are laughably cheesy.
His Presence is a modest picture: it takes place in one sprawling (and, from a real-estate-porn perspective, hugely covetable) antique suburban house. But it’s so compact, smart, and elegant ...
This was the fastest recording turnaround time achieved by the band since their debut album. [10] The rushed recording sessions were in part a result of Led Zeppelin having booked the studio immediately prior to the Rolling Stones, who were shortly to record songs for their album Black and Blue (released, like Presence, in the
The first half of Presence has a succession of short scenes with no distinct time period attached (some might be the same day, others a different week), which can be disorienting as a viewer. The ...